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Helvia's sister

Helvia's elder sister, who raised Seneca in Rome and nursed him through illness; wife of the prefect of Egypt, she is praised as a model of self-effacing virtue. Unnamed in the text.

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Consolation to His Mother Helvia philosophy · 2 mentions

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